Calendar



(No Model.)

L. BRAINARD.

CALENDAR Patented May 5,1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE,

LEVERETT BRAINARD, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

CALEN DAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,800, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed December 4, 1890. Serial No. 373,608. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVERETT BRAINARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in calendars; and the objects of my improvements are.simplicity and cheapness of construction, convenience in use, and to improve the appearance of the calendar when used by avoiding an unsightly stump.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of my calendar. a detached side elevation of my calendar-pad; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the stand for said pad, the plane of section being indicated by the line a; as of Fig. '1.

A designates the stand of any suitable design and having a table on its upper side for a calendar-pad B to rest upon, said table being inclined or horizontal, as may be desired. At the back end of the stand is an upright frame C, having upon opposite sides guides or webs a, that face each other, and end guides 5 back of and parallel to the guides 4. These guides may, if desired, be connected at their upper ends by a bridge 6, and upward projections 7 8 may be formed on said bridge and frame to form a pen-rack; but the bridge and penrack are not essential to my invention, and may be changed or omitted at pleasure.

The pad 13 may be formed in any ordinary manner; but I prefer to form the same by applying glue or cement to the back or butt-end 9 of the pad to hold the separate leaves or sheets together, either with or without a binding-strip placed on said end, but without binding, sewing, or other fastenings extending through the leaves or otherwise to form a stump or stub necessarily left on in tearing off the leaves. The pad is grooved upon each side, as shown at 10 on one side in Fig. 2. This groove is a distance from the butt-end substantially equal to the distance from the side guide 4 to the back or end guide 5, and is in the body of the leaves to be torn off.

Fig. 2 is To connect the pad and stand to form a complete calendar it is only necessary to enter the guides at in the grooves 10 and press the pad down upon the stand, as shown in Fig. 1. hen thus in place, the back of the pad rests against the back or' end guides 5 and the side guides 4 fill the grooves, so that the pad is held squarely and securely in place.

In detaching the leaves from the calendarfrom day to day they will readily tear out one by one without leaving any stump or unsightly mass, leaving the pad free on its face, as shown in Fig. 1, which is represented as with part of the leaves removed.

I prefer that the guides and bridge shall be so constructed as to leave a space directly opposite the back or butt-end of the pad, as shown. While I prefer to employ the back or end guides 5, they may be dispensed with, if desired, leaving the frame at each corner with nothing but the side guides thereon. \Vhile the pad and stand are designed for use and sale together, it is evident that the pad alone may often be the subject of a separate manufacture and sale, especially for supplying those who have on hand suitable stands.

I am aware that aprior patent shows a series of strips of paper bound at one end between binding-plates and grooved on opposite edges in line with the front edge of said binding-plates to facilitate tearing apart the leaves and leaving a stub between said plates, and the same is hereby disclaimed.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described calendar,consisting of a pad and stand, the stand being provided with side guides 4, facing each other, and the pad being grooved, as at 10, on opposite sides for the reception of said guides, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The herein-described calendar, consisting of a pad having side grooves 10 near its back or butt-end, and a stand having side guides i for being received in said grooves and back or end guides 5 for contact with the back or butt-end of the pad,substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

3. The attachable calendar-pad consisting of detachable leaves having notches that form grooves 10 upon opposite sides of the pad in the body of the leaves at points Wholly forward of the rear or butt that forms the line 5 of separation in tearing off, and having a portion of the body of each leaf between said notches and line of separation, whereby said notches are left intact in the several sheets as torn from said pad, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

LEVERETT BRAINARD.

"Witnesses:

EDGAR P. CoWLEs, F. B. McPHERsoN. 

